WORST states in Mexico to be a doctor
Among the 11 indicators used to evaluate health services, also highlights the relative sufficiency or perceived insufficiency with respect to medical personnel who works in clinics and hospitals of the Health Secretaries of the states. In this item, as a national average, only 55.5% of the population is satisfied.
There are 13 entities where values are below the national average. Which means that some health professionals are reluctant to work in these states, the lowest being: Oaxaca, with 40.2%; Tlaxcala, 42.6%; Morelos, 43.7%; State of Mexico, 45.3%; Mexico City and Guerrero, 47.7%; and Michoacán, with 49.5%.
Shortage of workers, a public health problem
For health systems the shortage of health workers is one of the main obstacles to providing effective services and essential in prevention, emergency care and clinical care interventions.
In this way, the entities with the worst salaries for medical personnel in our country, together with the monthly average, are the following:
- Warrior – $7,972
- Tlaxcala – $8,851
- Veracruz – $9,328
- Morelos – $9,329
- Chiapas – $9,512
- Oaxaca – $9,542
States and hospitals with the WORST salary
In that sense, Guerrero ranks last in regards to the average salary of a doctor. The compensation is so low that it represents half of the national average payment. In addition, there are also other impact factors for the profession.
The Hospital Juárez de México, the High Specialty Regional Hospitals of Ixtapaluca and Ciudad Victoria have the lowest salaries.
Likewise, the High Specialty Regional Hospitals of Ciudad Victoria and Ixtapaluca have the lower wages for all jobs of the nursing staff.
Mexico with the lowest salary for doctors
In 2021, 24.7% of the budget of the Ministry of Health is for payroll; this represents an increase of 25.2% compared to the amount paid in 2020 for the same concept.
The foregoing, due to the priority in the creation of positions and basification of personnel. Nevertheless, Mexico is located in the lowest average salary levels within the member countries of the OECD; for example, in Chile a specialist doctor earns, on average, more than double what he earns in Mexico.
Mexico ranks second OECD countries with the lowest average annual salary for specialized medical personnel, only above Poland (OECD 2019). The average annual salary of specialized medical personnel in Chile is 1.5 times higher than the salary in Mexico.
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